Grenada

Grenada is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines. Formerly a possession of the United Kingdom, it gained independence in 1974, and in 1979 the socialist New Jewel Movement of Maurice Bishop took power, fighting for the rights of the people. There was real progress until a party split in 1983 that led to Bishop being deposed and executed by Hudson Austin and Bernard Coard, prompting the United States to invade Grenada in Operation Urgent Fury. The Grenadian Army was easily destroyed and its Cuban and Soviet allies forced off the island, and the New Jewel Movement's leaders were all imprisoned. Since then, the island is known for its exportation of nutmeg and mace, becoming known as the "Island of Spice". Today, it has a population of 110,000 people on a 133 mile-large island, with 53% being Catholic, 47% Protestant, 1.4% Rastafari, .7% Hindu, .3% Muslim, .2% Buddhist, and .2% Baha'i.